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Kelly's Heroes

1970

Brian G. Hutton

Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles ...

7.4

11,509

War. Adventure. Comedy Lieutenant Kelly (Clint Eastwood) is an atypical Army man who, while boozing with a captured German general, learns of $16 million worth of gold bars behind enemy lines. Kelly reveals a plan to his fellow soldiers: They will use their upcoming three-day passes to sneak into enemy territory, steal the gold, bury it, and return after the war to divide it among themselves. Kelly sets the heist in motion, backed by a wonderfully colorful ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	TV Guide	"This humorous, lively, and entertaining picture could be described as a caper film set against a WW II backdrop."	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"Nearly satirical in its overall effect, plot caroms between cliche dogface antics, detailed and gratuitous violence, caper melodramatics, and outrageous anachronism"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune	"An attempt to blend the war epic and the caper film that doesn't quite come off."	NEU

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